7 signs Excel is a budget planning liability
In a previous blog, we discussed just why Excel is now a liability to your budget, planning, and management reporting process, including providing an example...
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Practical articles, guides, and product updates on this topic from the Professional Advantage team. 43 articles.
When does Excel become a liability to business planning?
Imagine a successful and growing organisation who have used an Excel model to construct their annual budget plan for many years. However, in the past...
Big vision. Small steps
As a client success manager, the best part of my job is witnessing the positive change that our projects make to people’s lives. We spend...
The tug of Siloed Business Planning
When teams within an organisation operate in siloes, the effects can be detrimental to the business. It results in gaps, inefficiencies, and lost productivity. Substantial...
Power BI to the People
It wasn’t long ago that only the elite could afford great BI solutions. The power of great analytics, visualisation and data discovery was only available...
4 Tell-tale signs you need a self-service BI tool
You have probably reached this blog because you feel the need to validate your hunch that you need a better way to analyse your data....
Can you fly a plane and build it at the same time?
My Observation of the NDIS SchemeAs an observer, one of the most disruptive changes to the different industries I’ve worked with since 2000 is happening...
My key highlights from the 2nd Annual Integrated Business Planning Summit
Great to attend the recent Akolade 2nd Annual Integrated Business Planning Summit in Sydney. A fantastic mix of content and presentations and many takeaways. I...
The anatomy of a perfect ClubIntel pitch
You’ve read the ClubIntel brochures. You’ve watched the demos. You can list multiple ways that ClubIntel will deliver value to your club and its members.It’s...
Integrating financial projections and non-financial planning: Part 1
Integrating financial plans with the operational and strategic plans remains a challenge for many organisations. Finance departments and operational planning are still failing to work...
Integrating financial projections and non-financial planning: Part 2
In my previous blog post, I discussed why an organisation should integrate financial projections into Integrated Business Planning (IBP). In this blog post, we explore how...
Turning 9 cents into $100K: How smart clubs approach revenue growth
I visited a club in Western Sydney the other week. I’d barely made it through the automatic doors when the operations manager rushed to greet...